Was just reading a story from an interview with Jonathan Ross where he revealed he sometimes goes a week without showering.
At first blush this seems a bit gross, but I can see that there may be benefits to it (specifically for the skin). What do we all make of it?
by unsuitablegrape
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I don’t shower daily. I have a bath like a king.
It depends if you wash the essentials instead.
It used to be very common. Most houses in the UK didn’t have showers before the 1970s.
If it’s a day off and I’m not going anywhere or doing anything, sure I’ll skip a day, other than that I always shower in the morning, I’m not going to work or the shops/meeting friends unwashed
I would live in water if I could
Maybe once a week is all he needs. Not everyone needs once a day. I suspect most people don’t need to shower every day, we’re just too paranoid about our BO to do any less.
Sitting in an airconditioned office every day, driving an airconditioned car.
I sweat even less than a certain Prince.
I shower twice a week on average.
If I’m leaving the house, I need to have showered that day or the night before.
A week is a pretty long time IMO.
Does he have a bath on the other days though? I think if I had a few quid and probably a glamourous gaff, I’d loll about in the tub for hours each day. I reckon I’d wear a top hat in it too and have my butler bring me drinks. I’d also play with boats too.
Just realised, I’m basically a poor version of Frasier Crane or Arthur.
I’m around the 3-4 day mark for having a shower. My job isn’t very physical.
I like a shower bath combo, have a shower and get clean. Then put in the plug lay down and let the hot shower fill up the bath around me.
Bit of music or an audiobook, bliss.
My wife showers daily every morning for 5 minutes. Mainly for her hair, it gets greasy easy.
I am disabled so not showing daily is a reality for me, I just simply don’t have enough energy to shower every single day as having a shower knocks me out for a couple of hours, Minimum 🤣 and I got stuff to do! And I’m still fine I honestly don’t think all of us need to shower daily, like I still clean the essentials every day just not a complete shower. (I’m looking into getting a shower chair btw before any suggests this)
My morning shower wakes me up, feel lethargic without it.
I’m sure daily showers are a new thing?
When I was a kid it was a weekly bath on a Sunday before the school week. Didn’t have a shower at home until I went to uni.
I shower every other day, sometimes more (summer, holidays, plans), sometimes a bit less (winter, visiting my mums). On the days I don’t bath or shower I wash my face/neck/hands and arms in the sink.
I kinda relate to not showering daily. Not because of any potential skincare or hygiene concern, but because I have depression and can’t be motivated to take a shower often
Glastonbury rules. Bits and pits maybe?
My skin already hates me, showering daily it would probably hate me even more. So I’m more than fine with not showering everyday, but I get why some people prefer to. What other people do is none of my business lol.
Well I exercise every day so I’d proper stink if I didn’t also shower every day!
I generally shower every other day, alternating with my partner. I don’t think I smell or anything. My partner certainly doesn’t.
I work a dirty, physical job. I shower twice a day and sometimes 3 as a treat.
If I went a week between showers I’d either grow a new society on my body or die of sepsis.
I genuinely feel like a slob if I’ve not had a shower in the morning. I could not imagine going a week without one.
I only shower every 2-3 days now and my skin and hair feel better for it. Daily showering hair washing were part of my morning routine when I was office- bound, but now that I wfh, the habits dropped. I now log on to check and answer early emails, go and have breakfast and dress and then continue to work – saves me about 40 mins a day, which I’d rather spend having a longer lunch break and more relaxed start to the day
I mean if you don’t have to go anywhere, and it really doesn’t cause you any hygeine or skin issues (unlikely) then fuck it why not I guess
Depends on how depressed I am in all honesty, it’s quite easy to fall into being an absolute goblin.
But If I’m on top of myself, going to the gym, and generally being a healthy person. I can easily shower twice a day.
I shower every day. I have to, I’m a smelly bastard if I don’t. I have hyperhidrosis and years of alcohol abuse has fucked me up.
In the summer I shower 1-3 times a day.
I dated a girl last year who had CFS and found showering exhausting so only showered once or twice a week. She actually smelled nicer than most people I know.
I go to the gym most days so if I didn’t shower daily I’d smell absolutely horrendous.
I was homeless for a little bit once, went three weeks without a shower but washed every day whether it be with wet wipes or a flannel and a bar of soap in a sink.
My skin looked better when I was kipping rough than it does now that I shower 4-5 times a week.
I genuinely think showering every other day is super common but everyone is conditioned to say that they shower daily because they don’t want to appear gross.
Shower when you need to, not as a rule.
I shower twice a week but do a sink wash on the non-showering days and will also have a luxurious bath once a week.
I previously couldn’t tell if I was stinky because I lost my sense of smell with a head injury, and unfortunately developed severe OCD that led to multiple showers and washes a day. So twice a week is a pretty good recovery marker for me.
I did a project in the Arctic once. We didn’t have showers one time for a month. Obviously it was cold so not much sweat going on, but it was an interesting experiment. Nobody smelled at all for about 3 weeks, then suddenly almost overnight BAM. The whole place stunk like old cheese.